Hi everybody! I was so happy with this quilt. It was my first real "Quilt", not just a throw. I saw the pattern in a book and decided to make it out of Christmas fabrics instead of blues. I got all the 16 patches (or whatever) made and then laid them out on the blue background material to see how it was going to look. I was so excited......until I saw the results. I didn't like it.

There was just way too much of the blue background material. I finally showed my Mom when she came over and asked her to help me figure out what to do since I had NO clue. She suggested just making a smaller blue square and framing it with white. I loved the look then. So after she left and I was ready to work on it again, I laid it out with some white strips to see it again. It looked alright, but I wasn't happy with the big blue square when all the rest of the squares were 2".

So I did just what anyone would do....who was a glutton for punishment. I cut the blue squares out, but cut 4 - 2 1/2" instead and then sewed them all back together!!! :lol: :lol:

It was so funny, because my Mom had been after me to let her teach me how to quilt for 10 years. I had always teased her by saying, "Why would I want to cut up all that material, just so I could sew it all back together again???" And then, that's exactly what I did! Not even to a different colored fabric which is the norm. :P

It took a little longer but I think that it looks way better. My Mom then taught me to do the setting triangles and I got it finished. It is also tied with a blue/gray embroidery thread.

When I got it all finished, I decided that it would look really awesome with a dark fabric in place of the white. So, I started another one which I will post soon.

Wow! That's a beautiful quilt! Great job, can't wait to see what you do on your next one :thumbup:

That turned out wonderful. Are you hooked yet. Sounds like you are. Great job on your quilt.

Thank you for the compliments. This quilt was my 4th quilting project. I finished it in November of 2008. I have now been quilting about a year and a half. I was hooked on quilting after the first project that I only finished in Oct. of 2008. That's why I was on my 4th project in November. All I could do was quilt! That's still basically all I do. I have made soooo much stuff in the past year and a half that you would think I'd been doing it for years!!!! I'm going to post more pictures of my projects until I get them all posted. Keep watching.

I love your quilt. It's beautiful. You have a good eye for color composition.

Woooo. So pretty! :D

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Wow, quite an undertaking for your 4th project. Well done.

I think it looks great! I really like the pattern, and your colors as well.

Gosh, you did fabulous for only your 4th project! Wish mine had been half as good as that! I'm still trying! Colors are beautiful! :-D :-D